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VOLUME 23, NO. 45

Tax provides closer look at dreams

East County teachers say equipment they’ve purchased with the additional millage ignites students’ passion. PAGE 3

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Birds of a feather eat together After finishing a delicious meal at a restaurant on Main Street at Lakewood Ranch, two sandhill cranes were so full that they had to take a break from walking back to their home.

They rested in the shade before window shopping at Naples Soap Co. After their break, the cranes continued on their journey home.

‘She made me feel loved’ Building industry leader leaves a legacy of love. SEE PAGE 8 Courtesy photo

Beverly Smock, pictured with husband, Bill, spent 27 years with the Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association. She died Sept. 13 at age 62.

Desire to donate

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Learning to save a life Country Club East’s Barbara Petrus used all her strength as she pushed down in a steady rhythm on the ribs of mannequin in hopes of reviving it.

Petrus said learning hands-only CPR is crucial.

She and her husband, Paul, attended Lakewood Ranch Community Activities’ hands-only CPR class Sept.

18 at Summerfield Community Park as a refresher.

“It’s life-saving,” Paul Petrus said. “You don’t want to stand there going, ‘What do I do?’”

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Fourth grader Gustavo Omana sorts through donations to be given to Lutheran Services Florida.

McNeal Elementary students work together to collect blankets, stuffed animals and clothing for Afghan refugees.

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Library access unlocked Manatee students can access Manatee County library resources from home through All Access Pass.

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aylor Ciraolo, the media specialist at Carlos E. Haile Middle School, always wanted to have a schoolwide book battle, but she didn’t have enough copies of the same book or the resources to provide it to every student.

Now, with the new All Access Pass through the Manatee County Public Library System, Ciraolo has the ability to assign an e-book to each student in the school to read if they want to participate in the book battle.

Ciraolo hosted her first book battle Sept. 10. Students used the All Access Pass, which is an initiative that allows all Manatee School District K-12 students to access Manatee County Public Library System services with their student ID, to read “The Cheat” by Sarah Richman.

About 20 students read the book and competed to correctly answer the 20 questions Ciraolo created for a prize.

“It’s great they can all read the same book because they can talk about it afterward,” Ciraolo said.

“It’s different when one student is reading one book. When you have a whole class of students or when you have several students reading a book at once, they get more excited because they’re able to talk about it with their friends.

ABOUT THE ALL ACCESS PASS

It’s kind of like having a Netflix show everybody’s excited about seeing because they’re all able to watch it.”

Ciraolo plans to host a book battle biweekly as more students get accustomed to the All Access Pass.

Through the pass, students can download thousands of e-books, audiobooks, movies, music and magazines while also accessing dozens of digital resources including one-on-one tutoring and multiple databases. Students can also learn a foreign language with Mango, an online language learning software, and develop computer, career and literacy skills with LinkedIn Learning.

The All Access Pass was created to remove the physical barrier of coming to the library to get a card while expanding resources to students in their homes, classrooms or wherever they need access.

Ciraolo said transportation to the library or having the time to go to the library has been a barrier for many families, but she hopes the All Access Pass will spread awareness of the free resources available at all Manatee County libraries, including the Braden River Library in East County.

“I’m excited for them to be able to access all of it,” Ciraolo said. “There’s so many things parents and students don’t even realize (the libraries) have. Often we’ll just buy things out of con-

The All Access Pass was created through a partnership between the School District of Manatee County and the Manatee County Public Library System.

The All Access Pass allows K-12 students to use their student IDs to access downloadable e-books, audiobooks, movies, music and magazines. Students also can access numerous digital resources including one-on-one tutoring and multiple databases.

Other programs students can access are Mango, an online language learning software, and LinkedIn Learning, which will help students develop computer, career and literacy skills.

Parents also can check out items for their students from the Library of Things including telescopes, musical instruments, literacy kits and museum passes.

venience, but the public library provides a lot of services for free.”

The All Access Pass also gives students an opportunity to check out items through the Library of Things, which has telescopes, literacy kits, musical instruments and more for people to use.

Ciraolo and Melissa Morgan, the media specialist at William H.

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Carlos E. Haile Middle School sixth graders Mia Pereira and Bella Ashley read in the media center. School District of Manatee County students now have access to all Manatee County library resources through the All Access Pass.

Bashaw Elementary School, said this will provide opportunities for students to pursue individual interests and passions.

“One of the things that’s truly amazing is all of our teachers are trying to encourage our students to make sure their learning continues as they walk out the door,” Morgan said. “(The libraries) have a wealth of resources to pursue interests. It shows students that they can pursue what they are personally interested in and use the skills they are getting in school even when they are at home.”

Ciraolo said the All Access Pass can help with learning loss.

“They’re not missing out anymore,” Ciraolo said. “We don’t have those gaps that we used to have because that information is now accessible to them. They

don’t have to wait for it to come back to school.”

Morgan hopes the pass will help develop lifelong readers.

“My goal is to empower the love of reading and exploration,” Morgan said.

Morgan said the partnership between the school district and the library system also shows students they have the support of not only their families and their schools but the community as well.

“Our school community is like this microcosm of our greater community, especially out here in East County,” Morgan said. “To be able to link them with community resources and feel like they’re truly a part of our community is empowering.”

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“I learn with the students. It’s fun to explore things together, and as the instructor, watching the students’ reactions is cool.”

— Pam Rahn, a premedical program teacher at R. Dan Nolan Middle School

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R. Dan Nolan Middle School eighth graders Payton Gee and Alexa Dziubek talk to Pam Rahn, a premedical program teacher, about what they’ve learned by using the Anatomage Table.

DISSECTING THE TAX ADVANTAGE

BY THE NUMBERS Since the school district’s 1-mill ad valorem tax passed in 2018, the district has allocated 15.5% of the revenue toward STEM and career and technical education. If the millage is renewed Nov. 2, the district will allocate 13.3% to STEM, career and technical education, visual and performing arts, and student services.

2021-2022 (ESTIMATED) 1-mill to be collected: $45.66 million Amount to be allocated to STEM, CTE, visual and performing arts, and student services: $7.08 million 2020-2021 1-mill collected: $42.61 million Amount allocated to STEM and CTE: $6.6 million 2019-2020 Total collected: $40,559,710 Amount allocated to STEM and CTE: $6,251,482 2018-2019 Total collected: $37.31 million Amount allocated to STEM and CTE: $5.74 million

School district says additional millage has propelled students toward STEM careers.

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s a sixth grader at R. Dan Nolan Middle School, Payton Gee thought she might want to be a veterinarian.

That interest grew when she began to use the new Anatomage Table in seventh grade in the school’s premedical program.

Anatomage Tables are essentially 8-foot touch-screen tables that provide 3D anatomy visualization and virtual dissection tools.

Included in Nolan Middle School’s Anatomage Table, which was purchased using funding from the School District of Manatee County’s 1-mill ad valorem property tax, are four virtual human cadavers and several animal bodies that were donated to science along with their case studies.

Gee’s ability to look at animals including a dog, cat, snake and turtle on the Anatomage Table has solidified her desire to be a veterinarian as she begins high school next year.

“I enjoy looking at the different anatomy of the animals instead of just having a picture in a book,” Gee said. “It’s more interactive.”

The district’s 1-mill property tax referendum, which has collected more than $120 million since it was approved with 51% of the vote in 2018, has been used to begin new and enhance current STEM and career and technical education programs throughout the district.

The district spent $713,660 purchasing Anatomage Tables (one each) for Lakewood Ranch, Bayshore, Braden River, Mana-

EQUIPMENT PURCHASED The School District of Manatee County has purchased several items through the millage to enhance STEM and career and technical education classes and programs throughout the district.

Here are a few items that were purchased for some East County schools: ROOTS Universal Robot: $28,757 Robotic arm: $67,166 Laser engraver: $16,243 Anatomage Table: $79,284

tee, Palmetto, Southeast and Parrish Community high schools as well as Nolan and Martha B. King middle schools.

While working with different features of the Anatomage Table on Sept. 16, Gee and eighth grader Alexa Dziubek observed a human

heart. They watched as the heart pumped in various speeds depending on the settings they established. Within seconds, they were able to replace the heart with an image of a dog. They peeled back the dog’s hair and skin to see the organs, muscles, skeleton and veins.

Pam Rahn, a premedical program instructor and Health Occupations Students of America co-adviser, said real cadavers can cost between $30,000 and $60,000 and come with a terrible smell as well as the need to disinfect the cadaver after each use.

The Anatomage Tables allow students the same experience as using a real cadaver but with less cleanup, and students are able to see more than one cadaver.

“I learn with the students,” Rahn said. “It’s fun to explore things together, and as the instructor, watching the students’ reactions is cool.”

Brittany Dunfee, a technology teacher at Braden River Middle School, has been able to structure her curriculum around the technology she received from the extra millage. She has six 3D printers, a Universal Robot and a laser engraver.

“I prepare kids for not only high school but also college or careers straight out of high school,” Dunfee said. “I give them a taste of everything, and I front load them with the basic skills. We’re preparing these kids for 21st century positions right out of high school.”

Pam Rahn, a premedical teacher and Health Occupations Students of America co-adviser at R. Dan Nolan Middle School, says the life-size mannequin, named Randy, helps students practice health procedures, such as applying a tourniquet.

The different technologies provide real-world applications for students as well because a lot of the equipment, such as the 3D printers, laser engravers and robots, are machines used in manufacturing plants or by several companies. The Anatomage Tables give students case studies to analyze that help students understand more about the person they’re examining.

“Having the background story helps the kids understand what they’re looking at,” said Michelle Boculac, a HOSA co-adviser and premedical program teacher at Nolan Middle School. “The case study will explain the trauma that maybe a person went through or their medical history. As instructors, we can point those things out to students. It does kind of hit home that this was a real person that went through this trauma or had this accident or went through this disease.”

Dunfee and Boculac said their classes and programs give students an opportunity to see what career paths they might want to pursue after graduation.

“Some students have made up their minds, and others are still in that ‘What do I want to do in life?’ kind of thing,” Boculac said.

“For some of these kids, this is the road they want to take, and being able to do this, it’s going to inspire them. It’s going to motivate them even more to follow their dreams and their pathways. Or they may choose another path because they realize this isn’t the one for them.”

Dunfee said it’s crucial for students to be exposed to different career paths early in their education rather than waiting until high school.

“I would say it’s even more valuable for middle school and elementary school teachers to have access to these tools to spark that motivation,” she said.

In Dunfee’s classes, students must learn the coding and programming involved in using such machines as 3D printers and laser engravers before they’re actually able to use them. Learning how to use some of these programs, such as Adobe Illustrator, will help students in the future whether they want to go into a technologyrelated field or another field.

“The software is used in the high school level, college level and professional level,” Dunfee said.

“That allows me to introduce all different types of careers.”

Dunfee said some students have taken what they’ve learned in class and went on to become entrepreneurs. For example, a student used the skills she learned about button making to create her own buttons that she sold at Comic Con. “They’re no longer learning in theory,” Dunfee said. “They’re now allowed to learn in practice.

And learning by doing is one of the strongest ways to be able to connect to a subject matter.

“It’s one thing to teach kids engineering. It’s another thing to teach kids a computer-aided design program where they can then design something 3D. It’s an entire other level of learning and application that sparks these kids.”

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Grapevine Communications President Allison Imre was looking to help close that gap on a deficit that’s hit critical levels in the past few months by hosting a blood drive in front of its Lakewood Ranch office Sept. 18.

Imre said the drive was a success, with more than 10 people donating on a rainy day.

“We’ve had a lot of our staff give blood, and we’ve even had some of the people from CrossFit behind us come and give blood as they’ve jogged by,” Imre said.

Joan Leonard, the SunCoast Blood Centers community liaison, said there’s about a day’s supply of blood available nationwide.

The pandemic has hit local blood banks particularly hard.

Leonard said that 90% of SunCoast’s mobile drives were canceled in the first year of the pandemic. Things started to get better until a surge in COVID-19 cases resulted in more drives being canceled.

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“It isn’t as easy as placing a bus and having people flock to the bus,” Leonard said. “You have to have others encouraging people to come on the bus. We’re out there every day asking people. And we need new blood — as in people who have never donated before.

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Sept. 26 through Oct. 2 will be known as Myakka City Fire Week. Firefighters will wear special shirts that week in honor of the department’s 35 years of service.

The Myakka City Fire District was established in 1986. Bobby Maddox, who died in 2009, was the department’s founding chief. Photos and historical records will be turned over to the Myakka City Historical Society.

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Myakka Fire Protection District and East Manatee Fire Rescue District firefighters gather with Manatee County commissioners to celebrate the merger of the two departments.

Final rung for merger Commission approves East Manatee Fire Rescue’s takeover of the Myakka City Fire Control District.

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the volunteers that we have.”

East Manatee has had volunteer firefighters in the past, including Whitehurst. He said a committee has been working over the past three months to absorb and accept the Myakka City volunteers. Everything will culminate with a meeting of the remaining volunteers to assist them with the transition.

“We’re accepting their volunteers, and we’re going to run a year with that process until we’ve got our heads wrapped around everything,” Whitehurst said.

“Then we’ll open things up and

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many engines as they used to have because we’ve already got them.

They’ve already been placed into the pecking order.”

Whitehurst said the design of a new fire station in Myakka City will begin next year.

“We’ve been building fire stations around East Manatee, and now it’s their turn,” Whitehurst said.

Cacchiotti has been in the area 38 years and said the fire department developed into a big part of his life. He started as a volunteer firefighter and spent his career with the district. Cacchiotti is retiring Oct. 1.

“I realize that moving forward and doing the right thing for the community sometimes involves making sacrifices,” he said. “This merger is best for the citizens of our community, and it’s good for our firefighters.”

Myakka City Fire Chair Charley Matson heaped praise on Cacchiotti’s leadership over the years. “(Cacchiotti’s) leadership is what made our fire department what it is today,” Matson said.

“It’s one we’re proud of and one we’re proud to turn over to East Manatee. I’m confident the residents of Myakka City will be wellserved under the direction of Chief Whitehurst in the future.”

County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said the fire districts have become a family over the years.

“I’ve had the honor of working with both of these districts for the last nine years,” she said.

“I’ve never seen a better group of men and women than I’ve seen in the Myakka City Fire District and East Manatee Fire Rescue.

“We’re starting a new chapter, and it’s nice to see that the Myakka City firefighters aren’t going anywhere.”

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fter the Manatee County Commission gave its final approval Sept. 14 to East Manatee Fire Rescue absorbing the Myakka City Fire Control Dis-

trict, the latter will cease to exist Oct. 1.

Lee Whitehurst, East Manatee’s fire chief, and Danny Cacchiotti, the Myakka City chief, said they have been planning for months so Myakka City residents won’t notice any change in service.

Employees of both districts have spent time working at both the Myakka City and East County stations.

“Between now and then, it’ll be more of an operational game plan on how to reassign and start mixing our crews going forward,” Whitehurst said. “That includes

start doing some recruiting.”

Current Myakka City firefighters will see a boost in salary and benefits due to the merger.

“The pay scale is different, and the benefits are (better) with us, so they will see an improvement on that side of things,” Whitehurst said. “In the end, they’ll probably have to work less hours, too.

They had to work a lot of hours because (Myakka City was short of manpower). Now all they will have to do is work their shift.

They won’t have to come back and work extra. With our resources, it’ll balance out.”

Plans call for the replacement of one Myakka City fire engine.

Some older equipment that has been loaned to Myakka City will be returned to the Division of Forestry. East Manatee has a pair of tankers, eliminating the need to carry over an older tanker from Myakka City.

“By combining all of these resources, we’re able to do things for less,” Whitehurst said. “They don’t need as many reserves or as

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“We were doing something big to help them because they have nothing,” fifth grader Sullivan Clark said. “They have nowhere to go. It made us feel like we were doing service to help them and made us feel really happy. It made us smile.”

Each day, Schaeffer would find a pile of donations sitting in a can outside her room ready for her students to sort through and place in plastic bags.

“It was like Christmas for these kids when they would stop by the classroom and see all those bags,” Schaeffer said. “It’s inspiring to see them excited about making a difference.”

Some items triggered emotions from the students.

“When we were going through the stuff, there were these baby socks that infants could fit in, and it made me so happy,” Clark said.

Ashley Terry, the vice principal at McNeal Elementary, said her sons, third grader Kallen and fifth grader Keagan, came home after seeing the posters and went through their closets to see what they could donate.

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Building community mourns death of industry leader Longtime Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association executive dies at 62.

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t was a few days after the death of his wife, Beverly Smock, when East County’s Bill Smock was going through hundreds of sympathetic Facebook messages.

Many of those messages carried the same theme.

“They would say: ‘The first person I met at the builder’s association was Beverly. … She made me feel loved,’” Bill Smock said.

The impact of Beverly Smock, who died Sept. 13 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital from COVID-19, was undeniable when it came to the Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association.

Rebecca Queen, the events and communications director at the MSBIA the past four years, said Beverly Smock made her a better person.

“It’s not the easiest thing for single moms with little experience to have career opportunities, but like myself, Bev had been down that road, and she gave me a shot,” Queen said. “It didn’t take long for us to develop a quick bond. She was a good resource when everything in my life was falling apart. She was one of the first phone calls or texts when I needed to vent, and we always had a good laugh over the chaos that seems to follow me wherever I go.”

Queen said that after her twins were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, Smock told her she would support her every step of her journey.

She remained true to her word, rearranging Queen’s schedule so she could work from home or go to doctor’s appointments or her children’s hospitalizations.

“Bev knew everything about me — the good, the bad and sometimes ugly,” Queen said. “She has witnessed my weakest moments and been by my side in my most successful moments. She loved with her whole heart and never judged.”

Bill Smock has heard similar stories countless times after 31 years of marriage.

“Everything she did, she did with love and kindness,” Bill Smock said. “It didn’t matter what she did, she wanted to be the best at it. She cared, and she called herself a Type A-plus-

plus-plus person.”

Beverly Smock was working for a temp agency in 1994 when she landed a job as a receptionist at what was then the Home Builder’s Association on Main Street in Bradenton. She moved up the ladder quickly, becoming what her husband calls “the right hand of the executive officer.”

Eventually, she received the title of deputy executive director.

The Home Builder’s Association became the Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association, and she went through 15 executive directors over her 27 years, often acting as interim executive director between them.

“She had a list in her drawer,” Bill Smock said. “She used to threaten whoever was the executive director at the time, ‘Don’t make me write your name on this paper.’”

Jon Mast has been executive director the past seven years, and he heard that threat.

“Hopefully, she thought I was her best boss ever,” Mast said. “Because she was my best employee ever.”

Mast said no one ever was a

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ABOUT BEVERLY SMOCK Born: Oct. 3, 1958 Died: Sept. 13, 2021 Age: 62 Residence: Bradenton Job: Deputy executive director of the ManateeSarasota Building Industry Association, where she worked 27 years Service: A celebration of life will be held 4 p.m.

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Survived by: Husband Bill, sons Ryan Morrison and Chad Morrison, four brothers, and seven grandchildren

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stranger to Beverly Smock and that she made people feel “comfortable and important.”

“She called herself a princess because Bill always treated her like a princess,” Mast said.

Bill Smock laughs when he tells the story of meeting his future wife in a Tampa bar when he was 20 years old. He was on a weekend training exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and decided to use a fake ID for the first time when he went out.

“She was across the room, and we made eye contact,” he said.

“She told her friend, ‘I have my dance partner for the night.’

“I call it fate as much as God’s will. It was the only way we could be put into each other’s path.”

Less than a year later, they were married.

While on their honeymoon in the Bahamas, Bill Smock found out he would be deployed to Saudi Arabia and later Kuwait. He knew a Fox News correspondent who was assigned to his base, so he would work his way into video clips in the hopes his wife would see him.

After six months, he was home.

They moved to Bradenton in 1991.

The owner of Gator Plumbing and Gator Construction, Bill Smock has been a board member of the MSBIA for more than 20 years.

“The association is our world,” he said. “We would go to fundraisers, and we stay involved with everything. Our best friends were builders. Our vacations were conventions.

“The reality is that we lived and breathed the association.”

After a builders convention in Orlando in July, both Bill and Beverly Smock tested positive for COVID-19.

“She had a fever for a couple of days, and then she was fine from days three through nine,” he said. “I lost 15 pounds, and I was exhausted. I lost my sense of smell, and my fever was up. But on the 10th day, she woke up and said, ‘I can’t breathe.’”

Beverly Smock went into the hospital Aug. 2 and by Aug. 4 was placed on a ventilator. For the next month and a half, Bill Smock could hardly see his wife due to COVID-19 protocols. On Sept. 13, she died.

“God gives us a certain amount of days,” he said. When those are done, you are done.

“But there are a lot of things we didn’t get to do.”

Above: Beverly Smock Below left: Beverly and Bill Smock loved their life involved with the Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association. Beverly Smock died Sept.

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Summerfield’s Stephanie Gremaux has written a book “Navigating Nursing Homes,” which is available on Amazon.

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n my world, my mother is 85 and still relatively able to live independently.

But it makes you wonder, what does the future hold when it comes to her living arrangements?

I am sure most of us are proactive when it comes to our own health as we age. When you get closer to being eligible for Medicare, for example, you are likely to go to seminars to learn about the many plans that would best keep you from a financial nightmare.

When it comes to our parents, though, and especially when they are relatively healthy, we might not be quite as proactive. I guess we should.

As I started to do a bit of research on possibilities for my mother, I came across Summerfield’s Stephanie Gremaux, a speech-language pathologist who works in the geriatric field.

Over her career of working in skilled nursing facilities in the region, Gremaux noticed that caring relatives would check out facilities without knowing what key questions to ask.

It bugged her, so Gremaux decided to write a book, and the idea for “Navigating Nursing Homes” was born. The book, which is self-published, became available on Amazon in August.

She wanted to help people decide which facility is right for

a loved one. That meant knowing about the people who work there, what Medicare would cover, how they best could be an advocate for a loved one and what services are provided.

“Navigating Nursing Homes” is meant to be an overview of the process without using medical jargon.

“It hit me last fall,” said Gremaux, who is currently working at Discovery Village at Sarasota Bay in Bradenton. “I’ve seen social workers and rehab directors repeat answers to many of the same questions a million times and give the same messages to families. I thought there could be certain information families could know going into the process, and it would save them a lot of time.”

Although Gremaux never thought of being an author, she “just sat down” and started writing. She had the ideas of what she wanted to write and thought there wasn’t much similar on the market. She had seen books about personal experiences in the process but nothing that was a blanket guide.

She said the book is an extension of her desire to help people.

Gremaux, 37, originally intended to use her communication sciences and disorders master’s degree in working with children at a bilingual school, but while attending graduate

school at the University of South Florida in Tampa, she started working with the geriatric population and those with Parkinson’s disease, with dementia or recovering from a stroke.

She knows that some in her field can find that depressing.

She didn’t.

“You can’t dwell on that part,” she said. “The positive part is helping someone fight through a challenge. It is rewarding to help them gain their skills back.”

She grew up in Normal, Illinois, and eventually attended Illinois State University, earning a degree in Spanish language.

After college, she joined the Peace Corps and served in the Dominican Republic. After she finished her commitment, she moved to Florida in 2008 and went to graduate school at USF. She began working in skilled nursing facilities in 2012.

She noted that the difference between a skilled nursing facility and an assisted living facility or independent living facility tends to be the amount of medical care on site, a high ratio of nurses to patients and the necessity to have a registered nurse at the facility a certain number of hours each day.

I asked Gremaux to provide five tips she would give to someone like me. Here they are: n Check the staffing. Gremaux said the pandemic has caused

major staffing issues. She suggested checking if the facility’s management has been stable. n Check the annual Florida Health Department survey.

The survey will list deficiencies found at the facility as well as the plan for correction. She said to keep in mind the report could be hard to understand because it will be full of jargon, but it could raise questions you would like to have answered. n Know your medical coverage. She said Medicare Advantage companies vary widely in the coverage they offer, and battling with an insurance company about coverage is one of the last things you will want to deal with.

Her book explains some of the main differences between Original Medicare coverage and Medicare Advantage as it pertains to skilled nursing facilities.

n Try the food. Food can mean a difference in the quality of life.

Try to sample a meal when you go on a tour. Ask how the facility accommodates dietary restrictions and allergies. n List the activities. Gremaux said robust activity programs can mean the difference between long hours in front of the TV or social opportunities, field trips, learning new things and staving off boredom. Take a look at the calendar.

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Opening the 1,741-seat theater on Oct. 29, perhaps appropriately, is Jimmy Buffett’s 2017 musical, “Escape to Margaritaville,” a Broadway production based on the singer’s forget-your-cares music.

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Former Braden River High football running back Deshaun Fenwick, now a sophomore at Oregon State, had seven carries for 59 yards and a touchdown in the Beavers’ 42-0 win against Idaho on Sept. 18.

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Lakewood Ranch High senior boys golfer Jack Burbee (67) took medalist honors at the Lakewood Ranch Invitational on Sept. 18 at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s Royal Lakes course.

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Braden River High football quarterback Nick Trier completed 13 of 21 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns Sept.

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The Lakewood Ranch High girls crosscountry team (20:28 average) finished fifth overall Sept. 18 at the North Port Invitational.

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Ronnie Jenkins (27) won the Nine Hole Ladies Golf Association “Take-Away-Five” event (individual low net scoring), held Sept. 16 at University Park Country Club.

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SPIKE IN TALENT Braden River’s volleyball team, 3-5 in 2020, has raced to a 10-2 record this season.

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The 2021 season has been smooth sailing for Braden River volleyball.

The Pirates (10-2) have the best record of any area team, and that might come as a surprise to many.

Braden River went 3-5 in a shortened season in 2020.

Pirates Coach Matthew McElhiney is not surprised at his team’s fast start. McElhiney said the Pirates’ improvement has come from a number of factors, including a vast improvement

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from its five sophomores, who were unable to get into a rhythm at the varsity level last season as freshmen because of the lack of matches and players going in and out of the lineup. With another year of experience from club seasons and summer training, they’re more prepared to contribute.

That was apparent Sept. 16 in Braden River’s 3-2 home win against Sarasota. Sophomore Bryanna Sands had 13 kills and 22 digs, and sophomore Aryanna Spainhower had 10 kills and 13 digs.

“Their volleyball knowledge is improving,” McElhiney said after the Pirates’ win. “They just grew as players. They are starting to figure it out.”

Although the team’s sophomores have given the Pirates more depth, they’re not the only reason for the team’s rise. Braden River senior Sierra Arnsperger, one of seven Pirates who also played on the school’s beach volleyball team in the spring, said that experience helped prepare those players for the indoor season even though the sports are different.

The beach volleyball program, which is four years old, finished fifth in the state tournament in the spring.

“Beach (volleyball) helps your on-court vision and your control,” Arnsperger said. “You make better placement of the ball because you’re worried about the little things. It’s just you and your partner, so you have to do more.”

Arnsperger said that emphasis on ball placement and staying under control has translated to the team’s indoor season, giving the Pirates an advantage.

McElhiney cautioned that there are still plenty of areas where the team needs to improve.

Against Sarasota, the Pirates took a two-set lead and were one point from victory at 24-19 in the third set before a combination of mental mistakes, such as not rotating properly, and physical errors let the Sailors come back.

Sarasota would take the set 26-24 and outlast the Pirates in the fourth set, 25-21, before Braden River finally shut the door in the fifth set, 15-9.

“The silver lining is that we got some extra volleyball,” McElhiney said. “We had to dig ourselves out of a hole. We can use that down the road when that time comes again.”

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Red, white and (not) blue T he 2021 International Dragon Boat Federation World Championships were scheduled to be held in November in Hong Kong.

It won’t be taking place.

The IDBF canceled the event out of COVID-19 concerns. The cancellation is a disappointment for every paddler with dreams of being named to Team USA and competing in it.

The United States Dragon Boat Federation and its members are no exception, which is why the USDBF decided to fill out its Team USA rosters anyway. The selections were primarily made based on paddlers’ performances at time trials held across the country, including one at Nathan Benderson Park in July.

Five members of the NBP Dragons team were named to Team USA. Paddlers Don Bickel and Doreen Clyne were named to the Men’s Senior A (40 and older) small boat roster and the Women’s Senior B small boat team, respectively. Angela Long, who is the head coach of the park’s paddling program, was also named to the Women’s Senior B small boat team. Mandy Kendall Boyers was named to the Women’s Senior B standard team while Beth Turconi was named an alternate to the Women’s Senior B standard team. Turconi was the park’s first Team USA representative in 2019.

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Paddlers from the NBP Dragons and Survivors in Sync get in some practice before the Club Crew Championships, to be held Oct. 1-3 at Nathan Benderson Park.

competing in Hong Kong. But they’re part of Team USA, and they’re proud of that fact, as they should be.

“It’s overwhelming,” Clyne said of the honor. “It’s taking all of the work, all of the sacrifices and the training and the coaching and making it a culmination.

It takes a village. It’s my efforts, but it’s also everyone who comes together on the team and pushes each other and strives to be the best they can be.”

Bickel called the entire experience humbling and thanked the program’s coaches, including Long, for challenging him and getting him to believe he could reach this point. All the paddlers shared similar sentiments in that regard. It is clear that the mem-

bers of this program view every individual victory as a victory for the team as well.

Clyne was emotional when discussing the program. Even though the World Championships are canceled, the paddlers will get a chance to compete as the Dragons at the 2021 USDBF Club Crew Championships, which will be held Oct. 1-3 at Benderson Park. Clyne said it will be wonderful to race for spots in the 2022 IDBF Club Crew Championships with her favorite people after all the encouragement they have given her.

“There is a family bond here, and we are at home here (at Benderson Park),” Clyne said.

“To be paddling together is going to be awesome. Hopefully, we

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Don Bickel, Doreen Clyne, Beth Turconi and Angela Long were named to the 2021 Team USA dragon boat rosters. Fellow NBP Dragons paddler Mandy Kendall Boyers was also named to Team USA.

will take home some hardware.

To be going for goals like that together is what means so much.”

It’s a cliche for an athlete to say that their team is like a family, but for these paddlers, I can see it being true. Not only are the Dragons competing at the Club Crew Championships, but so is Survivors in Sync, the park’s dragon boat team made up of breast cancer survivors. Survivors in Sync doubles as a support group for many of its members.

The entire sport is about encouragement and overcoming whatever is in your way as a team. It makes sense that even in individual accomplishments, such as reaching Team USA, that the paddlers would have

their teammates and coaches on their minds.

The Club Crew Championships are free for spectators to attend. Approximately 90 clubs will be participating. Not only will you see high-level dragon boating if you attend, but you’ll also be supporting the Team USA members who had their championship experience taken from them.

Ryan Kohn is the sports writer for the East County Observer. Contact him at RKohn@ YourObserver.com.

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Bryan Kearse is a senior wide receiver at Braden River High.

Kearse, who is called “B.K.” by teammates and coaches, had eight catches for 82 yards and a touchdown Sept. 17 in the Pirates’ 38-14 home win against Southeast High.

When did you start playing football?

I started when I was 9 years old.

I was actually playing baseball at the time. I was at the batting cages one day, and people started telling me I should try football, so I tried it. I guess I had an athletic swing.

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I love the culture of football. I love the guys and how we come together to build something.

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Greenbrook’s Grayson Tullio and Brynna Shepard kick-off the walk down the red carpet with Tullio’s dog, Panda.

aha Men’s “Who Let the Dogs Out” played over the speakers as Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch volunteers and dogs lined up to walk down the red carpet during the nonprofit’s Corks for Canines and Cats even Sept. 18 at FioRelli Winery and Vineyard.

Greenbrook’s Grayson Tullio was the first to make his way down the red carpet with his dog, Panda, followed by volunteer Lucy Kisela walking Rose, a 5-year-old hound mix who has been at the Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch for a year.

Dozens of guests and supporters of the nonprofit clapped and watched in awe as dogs strutted down the red carpet one by one while Nadine Stein, a volunteer for the Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch, shared information about each dog.

Country Club’s Linda Dirk said she loved watching the dogs as they excitedly walked through the crowd.

“This is always so much fun with dancing, music and making money for the shelter,” Dirk said. “The dogs are always so cute.”

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“It was a flop, and I was discouraged,” Groth said.

To get tips about growing a garden in Florida, Groth attended Intro to Gardening, an event hosted by Lakewood Ranch Community Activities on Sept. 15 at Greenbrook Adventure Park.

Mack Lessig, the community gardens program assistant for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Extension Manatee County, shared information with a dozen Lakewood Ranch residents. He told them plants need six to eight hours of direct exposure to sunlight to thrive and that people should expect to water their gardens three to four times per week.

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With their newly gained knowledge, Groth, Baker and Greenbrook’s Sheila White said they were excited to begin gardening.

By the end of Intro to Gardening, White was already thinking of where in her yard she would be able to place her garden for her plants to get six to eight hours of sunlight.

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Judith Fleming, trustee, sold the home at 7431 Greystone St. to Laguna Properties LLC for $1.05 million. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,167 square feet of living area.

Jeffrey and Kimberly Hart, of Roswell, Georgia, sold their home at 13892 Siena Loop to Brian and Karen Berry, of Lakewood Ranch, for $710,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,501 square feet of living area. It sold for $630,000 in 2005.

Laguna Properties LLC sold the home at 8135 Championship Court to John and Samantha Burford, of Richmond, Kentucky, for $700,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,413 square feet of living area. It sold for $455,000 in March.

Janet Winkler, of Sarasota, sold her home at 7147 Westhill Court to Rick David Schofield and Lisa Slough Schofield, of Lakewood Ranch, for $500,000. Built in 2014, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,792 square feet of living area. It sold for $399,500 in 2019.

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Kathryn and Michael McQueen, of Morrow, Ohio, sold their home at 8112 Panther Ridge Trail to Michael and Lauren LoBue, of Bradenton, for $850,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,775 square feet of living area. It sold for $682,800 in 2020.

Jennifer Lynn Massdorp and Lance Merrick Maasdorp, of Wimauma, sold their home at 7730 Jay Watch Glen to Pinellas Equities LLC for $400,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,221 square feet of living area. It sold for $267,700 in January.

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Donald and Diane Poland, of Sarasota, sold their home at 8358 Redonda Loop to Derek and Michele Dalton, of Lakewood Ranch, for $840,000. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,826 square feet of living area.

It sold for $600,800 in 2020.

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Nelson and Vivian Lane, of Bradenton, sold their home at 15209 Castle Park Terrace to Richard and Darlene Sorrentino, of Bradenton, for $875,000.

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This Country Club home at 7431 Greystone St. sold for $1.05 million. It has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,167 square feet of living area.

the home at 12049 Longview Lake Circle to Gregory Bank and Yvette Sais, of Lakewood Ranch, for $685,000. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,907 square feet of living area. It sold for $404,800 in 2012.

Sandra Schmidt, of Palmetto, sold the home at 12311 Tranquility Park Terrace to Mark and Lynn Watkins, of Apex, North Caro-

lina, for $630,000. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,192 square feet of living area. It sold for $425,000 in 2019.

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Philip and Sushiela Abraham, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 14921 Castle Park Terrace to Robert Riedel and Carol Kleinman, of The Villages, for $869,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,675 square feet of living area.

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Brian and Michelle Bock, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7007 Whittlebury Trail to Bassam Samano, trustee, of Long Grove, Illinois, for $845,000.

Built in 2019, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,224 square feet of living area. It sold for $574,100 in 2020.

Donald and Rosalyn Myers, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7209 Lismore Court to Mary Depeters, of Sarasota, for $560,000. Built in 2011, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,859 square feet of living area.

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Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,725 square feet of living area.

Jerry and Angela Oxley, of Bradenton, sold their home at 311 Snapdragon Loop to James Charles Wilson and Margaret Leigh Wilson, of West Seneca, New York, for $795,000. Built in 2004, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,010 square feet of living area. It sold for $525,000 in 2016.

John Smith Jr. and Darlene Smith sold their home at 5555 Arnie Loop to Michelle and Mark Gibson, of Bristol, Connecticut, for $930,000. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,087 square feet of living area. It sold for $600,000 in 2017.

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Dawn Marie Mickan and Jason Dean Mickan, of Bradenton, sold their home at 13824 American Prairie Place to Matthew and Kari Nixon, of Bradenton, for $759,900. Built in 2018, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,220 square feet of living area. It sold for $379,100 in 2018.

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David and Maryanne Morrison, of Ontario, sold their Unit 14-A condominium at 7363 Divot Loop to Marc and Ondine Eberhardt, of Castle Rock, Colorado, for $710,000. Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,748 square feet of living area. It sold for $334,000 in 2019.

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Zillow Homes Property Trust for $466,800. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,136 square feet of living area. It sold for $299,900 in 2017.

Maximiliano Merino and Tara Bergstrom Merino, of Bradenton, sold their home at 5024 Brickell Park Cove to Rekha Bhagya Wunnava and Rajesh Venkata Wunnava, of Canton, Michigan, for $465,000. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,044 square feet of living area. It sold for $247,000 in 2015.

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Lisa Zimring, of Terra Ceia, sold the home at 11119 Battery Park Place to Jeremy and Kelly Rogers, of Bradenton, for $437,500. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,859 square feet of living area. It sold for $224,000 in 2012.

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Lee Ann Martin, of Bradenton, sold her home at 11746 Forest Park Circle to Sheflin Properties LLC for $419,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,744 square feet of living area. It sold for $243,100 in 2012.

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Patricia Ann Wright sold her home at 8219 Waterview Blvd. to Deborah Synnott, of Lakewood Ranch, for $670,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,672 square feet of living area. It sold for $525,000 in 2020.

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Brian and Debra Marquette, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4975 Canterbury Drive to William Earl Greenawalt Jr. And Joy Lynne Greenawalt, of Sarasota, for $635,000. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,176 square feet of living area. It sold for $240,000 in 2004.

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Vesey Grant, of Bradenton, sold the home at 8008 Spring Marsh Drive to Victoria Murciano and Eliau Rock Murciano, trustees, of Bradenton, for $575,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,574 square feet of living area. It sold for $320,000 in 2016.

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